18 May 2022
By Rehma Imrith, Commercial Director In the wake of the global economic downturn initiated by the Covid-19 pandemic, numerous businesses have found themselves facing financial difficulty. As a result, many companies – especially those in the emerging ma…
Read more »04 April 2022
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | XSML reaches hard cap for African Rivers Fund III at USD 85 million XSML, a fund manager active in Central & East Africa, has reached the hard cap for its African …
Read more »19 January 2022
Leading African law firm Bowmans has been recognised at the Chambers Africa Awards ceremony held on the 13th of January. The firm’s Kenyan practice was named Kenya Law Firm of the Year and its chairman and senior partner, Ezra Davids, was named South Afri…
Read more »18 January 2022
Global Law firm White & Case LLP was named "Africa-wide Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year" at the Chambers Africa Awards 2022, presented on January 13. The Chambers Africa Awards recognise "a law firm's pre-eminence in key jurisdictions in the …
Read more »14 December 2021
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) are pleased to release the first-ever report on Nigerian Pension funds engagement with private equity. The report incorporate…
Read more »15 November 2021
November 15, 2021 – London, UK: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) is delighted to announce new appointments to its Legal and Regulatory (L&R) Committee. The new Committee members are Olawunmi Abiodun, Vice President a…
Read more »28 October 2021
Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE) practitioners in Ghana rallied together to launch the Ghana Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (GVCA) at an event attended by industry players, government officials, development finance personnel, regu…
Read more »09 October 2021
Written by Fazil Hossenkhan (Managing Partner, Moka, Mauritius) and Nafiisah Jeehoo (Associate), Bowmans Companies in the capital markets and private equity space are likely to benefit from the coming into force of the Mauritius Securities (Amendment) Ac…
Read more »15 September 2021
Written by Bukola Bankole (Partner) and Genevieve Henshaw (Senior Associate), The New Practice (TNP) A few weeks ago, news of the leaked National Information Technology Development Agency Bill (the “Bill”) was all over the internet with its key provisi…
Read more »05 July 2021
As the world continues to navigate its way through Covid-19, many are concerned about taking care of their loved ones should the worst come to pass. Indeed, the pandemic has brought asset protection and estate planning to the forefront of financial planni…
Read more »25 May 2021
The Mauritius Financial Services Commission (FSC) recently released a set of rules under the Special Purpose Fund (SPF) regime to provide further flexibility and ease access to new markets. The rules provide flexibility and global competitive cost structu…
Read more »01 June 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the globe is not stopping leading African law firm, Bowmans, from moving forward. Less than a year after it announced it was opening a new office in Mauritius and entering into an alliance with Assefa & Associat…
Read more »25 March 2020
Following the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, regulation was largely criticised for failing to protect customers, prompting regulators throughout the world to undertake a review of financial regulation. Following the lead of a number of developed count…
Read more »30 November 2017
What is MiFID II? Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II is the sequel to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (I) which was introduced in 2007. This legislation, due to come in force in January 2018, provides an EU framework for…
Read more »18 September 2017
With the increasing appetite for investments into African jurisdictions, the South African private equity landscape needs to adapt in order to attract direct foreign investment and to facilitate the seamless investment and divestment in and from these j…
Read more »22 August 2017
Nigerian law guarantees investors the unconditional transferability of proceeds of their investments in Nigeria in convertible currency, provided that inflow and repatriation are effected through Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) authorised dealers - subject …
Read more »17 June 2016
London, UK, 2 June 2016: The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) today announce a series of changes to the leadership and membership of its Legal & Regulatory (L&R) Committee. Folake Elias-Adebowale, Partner at Udo Udoma…
Read more »31 March 2016
Helios, the pan-African investment firm, is set to deliver a postcolonial turnround with a deal for key divisions of Crown Agents — a company which was once a pillar of the British empire. The deal for Crown Agents Bank and its sister asset management co…
Read more »23 March 2016
Charles Russell Speechlys (CRS) has acted as legal adviser to the management team of Emerging Markets Payments (EMP), the leading Africa and Middle East payments business, on the sale of EMP by Actis to Network International. Actis is the private equity f…
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